What live music are you going to see tonight?

[jlhoots]

Aaron Diehl / Warren Wolf duo - tomorrow

[BFrank]

On 9/21/2024 at 3:35 PM, BFrank said:

Tomorrow: Marc Ribot 70th Birthday Celebration in the Miner Auditorium (great lineup!)
Marc Ribot guitar
Mary Halvorson guitar
James Brandon Lewis tenor saxophone
Hilliard Greene bass
Chad Taylor drums

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I'm planning to see Wingspan at Scullers Saturday night. This show, celebrating the music of Mulgrew Miller has Steve Nelson on vibes, Duane Eubanks on trumpet, Steve Wilson on saxophone, Benito Gonzalez in the piano chair, Nat Reeves on bass, & Carl Allen on drums. At this point, I'm wondering if the show is going to happen as there are not many tickets sold. This is becoming a problem here in the Boston area.

[Steve Reynolds]

5 hours ago, BFrank said:

 

Nice! Chad/Hilliard are a boss rhythm team. Hoping JBL gave the great guitarists some space.

[mjazzg]

6 hours ago, BFrank said:

 

That is a great line up

59 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Nice! Chad/Hilliard are a boss rhythm team. Hoping JBL gave the great guitarists some space.

Interesting comment, I've not seen JBL live but from his recordings I completely understand where you're coming from Steve.

I like his playing but he does play a lot

[kh1958]

On 9/22/2024 at 3:52 AM, Pim said:

Abdullah Ibrahim. 89 years old and still going strong. He played a beautiful set of well known repertoire and new compositions. It was again a very intimate experience.  He finished his set with some singing and chanting. The whole crowd stood up from their seats, all completely silent you couldn’t hear anyone breathe. Goosebumps. 

Six U.S. concerts coming up in November with his trio, all on the East Coast.

Edited September 24, 2024 by kh1958

[BFrank]

14 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Nice! Chad/Hilliard are a boss rhythm team. Hoping JBL gave the great guitarists some space.

Yes, he blows a lot of notes, but I don't think he can out-play Ribot in full scronk mode 😎

[Steve Reynolds]

22 hours ago, mjazzg said:

That is a great line up

Interesting comment, I've not seen JBL live but from his recordings I completely understand where you're coming from Steve.

I like his playing but he does play a lot

I’m not a fan. I’ve seen him live 4-5 times. Best was in double duo with Ingrid, Chad Taylor & Tom Rainey. SO many other saxophonists on the scene who are better: Ingrid, Camilla Nebbia, Maria Valencia, Mette, Malaby, Attias, Berne, Catherine Sikora, Madison Greenstone, Rempis, Lao Dan, etc. 

all much more themselves 

yes - too many notes. He gives us “everything” every set. Plus he doesn’t have a unique approach. Very derivative. 

Edited September 25, 2024 by Steve Reynolds

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Steve Reynolds said:

I’m not a fan. I’ve seen him live 4-5 times. Best was in double duo with Ingrid, Chad Taylor & Tom Rainey. SO many other saxophonists on the scene who are better: Ingrid, Camilla Nebbia, Maria Valencia, Mette, Malaby, Attias, Berne, Catherine Sikora, Madison Greenstone, Rempis, Lao Dan, etc. 

all much more themselves 

yes - too many notes. He gives us “everything” every set. Plus he doesn’t have a unique approach. Very derivative. 

Yes, that's my impression.

Camilla Nebbia? Wow!! She is something else. She depped for an unwell McPhee with Decoy a couple of weeks ago at Oto.

She definitely has it all there, held her own with a trio that has played together for 20 years or so.  Great sound, great facility and can she improvise too. A revelation.

 

Also, absolutely with you on Lao Dan. Only heard recordings though, has he played in NYC?

Edited September 25, 2024 by mjazzg

[jlhoots]

San Francisco Jazz Collective - tomorrow

[Steve Reynolds]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Yes, that's my impression.

Camilla Nebbia? Wow!! She is something else. She depped for an unwell McPhee with Decoy a couple of weeks ago at Oto.

She definitely has it all there, held her own with a trio that has played together for 20 years or so.  Great sound, great facility and can she improvise too. A revelation.

 

Also, absolutely with you on Lao Dan. Only heard recordings though, has he played in NYC?

Yes he was here earlier this year. Yes Camilla is incredible. She was here last month. 

2 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Yes he was here earlier this year. Yes Camilla is incredible. She was here last month. 

Seeing Mette again 2 more times next week again with Taborn & Ches. Then Glass Triangle with Zeena Parkins & Ryan Sawyer. First time seeing that trio.

Edited September 25, 2024 by Steve Reynolds

[BFrank]

Lots of SFJAZZ this week

Tomorrow: Marquis Hill w/drummer Makaya McCraven, vibraphonist Joel Ross, bassist Junius Paul, and keyboardist Mike King

Friday: Don Was & His Pan-Detroit Ensemble w/Dave McMurray tenor saxophone, John Douglas trumpet, Vincent Chandler trombone, Wayne Gerard guitar, Luis Resto keyboards, Jeff Canady drums, Mahindi percussion, Steffanie Christi'an vocals

Sunday: Bill Charlap Trio w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater and Nicholas Payton

[medjuck]

Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble.  They played music by Henry Threadgill, Yusef Lateef, Hank Williams and Curtis Mayfield (amongst others).  My only complaint is that it was in a beautiful small theater with no dance floor.  (Some people danced anyway.) 

[Pim]

Vijay Iyer Trio at the Bimhuis. Not with Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey but with two young talented guys I didn’t new. They played for 2 full hours and it was great. Vijay signed my copy of Uneasy afterwards. Friendly guy. 
 

[Steve Reynolds]

Pulverize the Sound

Peter Evans, Tim Dahl & Mike Pride

[Steve Reynolds]

16 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Pulverize the Sound

Peter Evans, Tim Dahl & Mike Pride

Amazing incredible 40 minute slab of genius. 5 feet from Tim & Peter.

[jlhoots]

14 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Amazing incredible 40 minute slab of genius. 5 feet from Tim & Peter.

Do you wear ear plugs?

[Steve Reynolds]

18 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Do you wear ear plugs?

Never! I’m going out in style! For whatever reason my ears are still good at 64.

plus I saw Ches Smith 4 times over a 10 day period recently. Once with Trey Spruance on electronics and it peaked at 108 decibels. I brought my little meter in with me that night. They had 2 extra amps on each side of The Stone. The quality of the sound is so great in the Glass Box Theatre (aka The Stone at The New School)

10/11 Cobra at Roulette. This can get very loud as well. Last year it sounded amazing from the front row as I was sitting right next to Zorn as he was conducting the large ensemble. 
 

Only live once. I’m blessed to be able to witness the many of the greatest  improvising musicians on the planet usually over 10 times a month. 

[mjazzg]

Phillip Glass Ensemble playing early works at the Barbican, last night.

This was punchy stuff, amplified to almost Rock concert levels, no polite chamber recital this.  It's amazing to hear these works now and realise just how much music has borne their influence.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

This Thursday night (10/3/2024) at the Regattabar in Cambridge, MA there's a show being billed as "Big Boston Baritone Benefit", with 4 baritone sax players putting on a show to raise money for baritone saxophonist Claire Daly's Go Fund Me to help her pay her medical bills stemming from her cancer treatments.

This should be fun for us bari fans. They'll have 4 bari players up there - Melanie Brooks, Alan Chase, Charlie Kohlhase & Kathy Olson - backed by a p/b/d rhythm section.

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/big-boston-baritone-benefit-regattabar-tickets/13573404?pl=regatta

[BFrank]

On 9/27/2024 at 9:25 AM, Steve Reynolds said:

Never! I’m going out in style! For whatever reason my ears are still good at 64.

plus I saw Ches Smith 4 times over a 10 day period recently. Once with Trey Spruance on electronics and it peaked at 108 decibels. I brought my little meter in with me that night. They had 2 extra amps on each side of The Stone. The quality of the sound is so great in the Glass Box Theatre (aka The Stone at The New School)

10/11 Cobra at Roulette. This can get very loud as well. Last year it sounded amazing from the front row as I was sitting right next to Zorn as he was conducting the large ensemble. 
 

Only live once. I’m blessed to be able to witness the many of the greatest  improvising musicians on the planet usually over 10 times a month. 

I saw Cobra a couple of times last year. Totally wild. And he always gets the broadly eclectic group to make the chaos work.

[Steve Reynolds]

9 hours ago, BFrank said:

I saw Cobra a couple of times last year. Totally wild. And he always gets the broadly eclectic group to make the chaos work.

Plus it brought the best of the best out of Ches Smith. As great as he always is, what happened last Summer was peak Ches. Absolutely mind blowing intensity. Force of Nature.
 

seeing Weird of Mouth again tomorrow night in Philly with Ches, Mette & Taborn:)

Edited October 1, 2024 by Steve Reynolds

[Kevin Bresnahan]

9 hours ago, BFrank said:

I saw Cobra a couple of times last year. Totally wild. And he always gets the broadly eclectic group to make the chaos work.

Must be me, but "chaos" & music don't seem to fit together.

[BFrank]

12 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Must be me, but "chaos" & music don't seem to fit together.

HaHa ... In this case you have to see it. It's a show like no other.

13 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Plus it brought the best of the best out of Ches Smith. As great as he always is, what happened last Summer was peak Ches. Absolutely mind blowing intensity. Force of Nature.
 

seeing Weird of Mouth again tomorrow night in Philly with Ches, Mette & Taborn:)

Ches can be pretty intense sometimes.

I heard a podcast with him recently. Learned a lot about his background that I didn't know.

[Steve Reynolds]

7 hours ago, BFrank said:

HaHa ... In this case you have to see it. It's a show like no other.

Ches can be pretty intense sometimes.

I heard a podcast with him recently. Learned a lot about his background that I didn't know.

Tell me where I can find the podcast.

Ches is a brilliant dude. Great composer, thinker & one of the best drummers on the planet.